THE SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD 2017

The world’s richest short story prize is now accepting entries from publishers, agents and authors.

The Award – the only international prize for a single short story – recognises the world’s finest authors writing in English. Previous winners include Jonathan Tel, Yiyun Li, Adam Johnson, Junot Diaz, Kevin Barry, Anthony Doerr and C. K. Stead.

Worth £30,000 to the winner and £1000 to each of the five runners-up, the Award winner will be announced in April 2017.

Entry is open to authors from anywhere in the world, as long as they have a previous record of publication in creative writing in the UK or Ireland. Stories must be previously unpublished, or first published after 1 January 2016. All entries must be 6,000 words or under and entirely original.